The Idolatry of Knowledge

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The Perrys

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🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Christianity is an intellectual faith, and the Lord wants us to use our minds. We see that in passages that say “Think on these things” or “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.” But how do you know if you’ve made an idol out of knowledge? You might find yourself critiquing and correcting more than you build others up. Knowledge can be an idol when it’s solely for you and not used for the edification of the Body of Christ. In this episode, the Perrys discuss why it’s important that we pray for wisdom more than we seek after knowledge, and that we’re faithful with what we do know by actually applying it to our lives. Scripture references: Matthew 22:29-32 John 9:35-41 Colossians 2:16-23 Subscribe to the Perrys' newsletter: https://withtheperrys.myflodesk.com/zhfus4jx1s Join Preston's discipleship community for men: https://www.patreon.com/PrestonPerry/membership To support the work of the Perrys, donate via PayPal: https://paypal.me/withtheperrys Shop BOLD Apparel: boldapparel.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Saints and Ate.
0:08.3	What up with y'all?
0:09.0	I hope that you are having a blessed morning, evening afternoon.
0:15.4	Hope that your toenails are clipped.
0:17.2	I hope you did no sorcery today.
0:19.2	I hope that you're not dabbling and dabbling in witchcraft.
0:22.0	And witchy craftiness that won't get you anywhere but hell.
0:26.2	I hope that you floss.
0:28.5	I don't even floss.
0:30.3	You shouldn't say that on, um, in public.
0:32.8	Okay, we can exit up because what y'all not going to do is try to comfort me.
0:36.2	Um, yeah, I just hope, you know, your skin is clean and stuff like that.
0:41.1	Yeah.
0:42.0	Yeah.
0:42.6	And I need to get back into the rhythm of these intros because I just don't have it.
0:46.3	Yeah.
0:46.6	It feels like small talk.
0:47.7	Yeah.
0:47.9	I hope that, you know, you use washcloths when you bathe.
0:52.9	Or, you know what I've been using now?
0:55.6	The little spongy thing.
0:56.7	It's a brush.
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